Wanhoop Van Een Wees [English translation]

At the shore of a fast stream

A youthful girl sat

she wailed and wept from sadness

The grass was wet from the tears

she threw the flowers that she saw

somberly in the stream and yelled

Oh dear father, dear mother,

dear sister, dear brother, come, come

a rich man,

walking past the stream discovers her bitter pain

there where he sees the girl wail

it breaks his compassionate heart

he spoke to her 'Well, dear girl, speak up

and don't be shy

Is it the case that thou art moaning and

shrieking, if it is then so I shall help thee'

She sighed and she looked at him comfortless

and spoke to him 'Oh, kind man

a poor orphan is what thou sees standing here whom

only fate can help'

The man spoke 'and child don't wail anymore,

your heart doesn't deserve pain

I will be your brother and your father and your buddy and lover as well

He suavely took her hand

and called her his bride

and put her at the waterside

out of her bad clothes